According to a study from researchers at The Ohio State University’s departments of communication and psychology, spouses are more likely to feel angry at their significant other when they have low blood sugar and are hungry.

According to a study from researchers at The Ohio State University’s departments of communication and psychology, spouses are more likely to feel angry at their significant other when they have low blood sugar and are hungry.

The study gave voodoo dolls to 107 married couples over the course of 21 days to measure their aggression levels.
Subjects were told to stick up to 51 pins in the dolls each day to represent how angry they felt at their partner.

Results of the study show that overall, women stuck more pins in the dolls than men did, and people with lower night time blood sugar levels put significantly more pins into the dolls than people with higher glucose levels.

Dr. Nathan DeWall, professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, who worked on the study is quoted as saying: "Self-control, impulse control uses energy, both mental and physical. When we deplete that energy, we have a higher tendency of doing things we regret, such as hurting our loved ones.”